tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post3979551154752600777..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Japan Lets Murderer "Off" Easy?mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-31426051937831203682011-07-23T13:29:40.348+09:002011-07-23T13:29:40.348+09:00In passing the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty)...In passing the Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965, the UK essentially abolished the death penalty in, what I consider to be, an important and correct step towards achieving a more human penal system. This is a step of which the UK can and should be proud.<br /><br />To not condone the taking of life in ones own judicial system, yet condone and/or demand it in that of another country, smacks too much of hypocrisy.<br /><br />Tim (from the UK)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-17759145765072661442011-07-22T13:33:38.621+09:002011-07-22T13:33:38.621+09:00I think that the judge got it right. He said that ...I think that the judge got it right. He said that the accused was still young and that there was still some small hope for him to fully repent and become rehabilitated and that therefore the death penalty was not appropriate here (alongside the fact that he did not premeditate her death)<br /><br />I am from the UK. It is just such a tragedy that anyone had to go through this at all and my heart goes out to both Lindsay's family and the perpetrator's family. Sadly, there are no winners in this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-25315387540729564732011-07-22T09:05:02.981+09:002011-07-22T09:05:02.981+09:00Mike
What you failed to mention is the fact that ...Mike<br /><br />What you failed to mention is the fact that life imprisonment in a Japanese prison is not the same as life imprisonment in a UK or US prison. Prisoners don't have all the ridiculous freedoms afforded prisoners in Western countries. Here, they are treated like prisoners.Kevin Rileynoreply@blogger.com